Real
lovers of Old Norse probably found this one a long time ago. There
certainly seems to be a very active community of people studying all
periods of Icelandic out there...

But since we already have
the Poetic Edda in German, I thought it would be nice to have it in the
original as well. The first volume is the Edda itself, the second
contains court poetry, with helpful notes throughout.

Details about textual history (which I know is complex) and/or other editions welcome!

With
this book, Icelandic is attainable for any beginning student. You can
use Teach Yourself Icelandic Complete Course at your own pace or as a
supplement to formal courses. This complete course is based on the very
latest learning methods and designed to be enjoyable and user-friendly.

Prepared
by experts in the language, Teach Yourself Icelandic begins with the
basics and gradually promotes you to a level of smooth and confident
communication, including:

A course designed for absolute beginners and for those with a slight knowledge who need to increase their skills. Completely self-contained and packed with examples of everyday situations, this course will provide the user with a thorough basic knowledge of the language and enable him/her to write and speak with reasonable fluency.

When you have completed the Course, you will, if you have followed the Instructions carefully, have acquired a lasting knowledge of the language you have chosen. Yo
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From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature.An introduction to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature.Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral story-telling, Eddaic verse and skaldic verse.An
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Цитата: "OLD ICELANDIC: An Introductory Course by Sigrid Valfellis and James E. Cathey was published in 1981 by Oxford University Press in association with the American-Scandinavian Foundation. It is a primer for all aspects of the Old Norse language designed to serve the needs of both linguists and literary scholars.

After an important phonological introduction, it contains thirty-five lessons, each of which introduces a new grammatical concept and readings. Valfellis and Cathey realise that the student of Old Norse probably has
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Icelandic is a fascinating language. Dating back to Viking times, with less than 300,000 speakers and a history that has kept it relatively free from major changes, it has capturedthe interest of many enthusiasts over the course of time.People are attracted to Icelandic for many different reasons. For some, it is the romantic lure of learning the language of the Vikings. Others want to be able to appreciate the I
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Real-life situationsThe language program Carry on Icelandic is intended to prepare the learner for real-life situations. One of the main purposes is to help the learner to develop strategies for dealing with the new language. Quite often the learner can function without understanding every word, picking up clues from the context and using his/her previous experience in similar situations. The learner can also make him/herself understood even if his/her language is far from perfect. With Carry on Icelandic the learner can choose to
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Цитата: Icelandic is a syntactically interesting language, with aspects of its word order, clause structure, agreement patterns and case system arousing much theoretical interest and debate in recent years. This is an informative and accessible guide to the structure of Icelandic, focusing in particular on those characteristics that have contributed greatly to syntactic research. Each chapter is di
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